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WH Insights: Data Privacy In The Metaverse (Video)

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In today's WH Insights video, senior associate Patrick Massa discusses some of the key data privacy issues in the metaverse.

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In today's WH Insights video, senior associate Patrick Massa discusses some of the key data privacy issues in the metaverse. WH Insights is a video series discussing key legal concepts, trending legal topics, news and legal updates.

What is the metaverse?

It is a digital environment which through innovative technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and blockchain, challenges the boundaries of our physical world and creates a new, unique digital universe.

Users can participate in this immersive universe by means of avatars which mimic our physical movements through wearable sensors. The combination of physical and virtual elements enables the performance of our everyday activities in the metaverse and therefore has the potential to change the way we interact, how we use services, and the way we do business.

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